You must join your new employer’s private prescription drug plan, unless your drugs are covered under another private plan.
As a rule, you have to pay an annual premium to Revenu Québec to remain insured under the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan.
If you are covered by a private plan as part of your job, you have to check your prescription drug insurance when you retire.
When you turn 65, you are automatically registered with the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan. If you are also eligible for a private plan, you have a choice to make.
The public plan covers the prescription drugs on the List of Medications that are prescribed by a health professional and, in most cases, purchased in Québec.
Several services rendered by pharmacists are covered by prescription drug insurance. Find out which pharmacy services are available with or without cost.
RAMQ administers the public health and prescription drug insurance plans. It also remunerates health professionals.
Learn how to register a newborn or adopted child for the Health Insurance Plan and the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan.
